Worrorra people

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The Worrorra people are an Aboriginal Australian group from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, known for their rich maritime culture, rock art traditions, and deep spiritual connection to their coastal and island homelands.

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Worrorra people canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people ⓘ
Indigenous people of Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalContinuity ongoing maintenance of Wanjina Wunggurr traditions ⓘ
culturalHeritage sacred islands ⓘ
sacred rock art sites ⓘ
songlines ⓘ
culturalRegion Northwest Kimberley coast and islands ⓘ
culturalRevitalisation language and cultural revival programs ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Kimberley region ⓘ
governingBody Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Worora ⓘ
Worora people ⓘ
linked to: Worora

Wororra ⓘ
Wororra people ⓘ
hasConcept ancestral beings embodied in landscape ⓘ
sea country ⓘ
hasLanguage Worrorra language ⓘ
linked to: Worrorran languages
hasNotableFeature interconnected land and sea spiritual law ⓘ
strong custodial responsibilities for marine environments ⓘ
historicalEvent dispossession during European colonisation of Kimberley ⓘ
relocation to missions and settlements ⓘ
isPartOf Wanjina Wunggurr cultural bloc ⓘ
knownFor Wanjina rock art ⓘ
deep spiritual connection to sea country ⓘ
maritime culture ⓘ
rock art traditions ⓘ
languageFamily Worrorran languages ⓘ
legalStatus recognised native title holders in parts of Kimberley ⓘ
locatedIn Kimberley region ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
nativeTitleClaim Dambimangari native title area ⓘ
populationGroup First Nations peoples of Western Australia ⓘ
religion Wanjina Wunggurr belief system ⓘ
sharesCulturalTraditionsWith Ngarinyin people ⓘ
Wunambal people ⓘ
spiritualTradition Wanjina ancestral beings ⓘ
Wunggurr serpent beings ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
marine hunting and gathering ⓘ
shellfish collection ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle coastal and island living ⓘ
traditionalPractices ceremonial song and dance ⓘ
rock art painting ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditionalRegion Dambimangari sea country ⓘ
coastal areas and islands of the Kimberley ⓘ
north‑west Kimberley coast ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Derby, Western Australia → traditionalOwners → Worrorra people ⓘ
subject linked to: Derby
Ngarinyin people → neighboringGroup → Worrorra people ⓘ